diff --git a/web/docker-entrypoint.sh b/web/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 3b8cd98..69111f4 100755
--- a/web/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/web/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ function wait_for_postgres () {
 
 function wait_for_mysql () {
 	# Check if MySQL is up and accepting connections.
-	HOSTNAME=$(python -c "from urllib.parse import urlparse; o = urlparse('$DATABASE_URL'); print(o.hostname);")
+	HOSTNAME=$(python <<EOF
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    from urlparse import urlparse
+o = urlparse('$DATABASE_URL')
+print(o.hostname)
+EOF
+)
 	until mysqladmin ping --host "$HOSTNAME" --silent; do
 		>&2 echo "MySQL is unavailable - sleeping"
 		sleep 1
diff --git a/web/mailman-web/settings.py b/web/mailman-web/settings.py
index cbeaaf6..2274934 100644
--- a/web/mailman-web/settings.py
+++ b/web/mailman-web/settings.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/
 import os
 import socket
 import dj_database_url
+import sys
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
@@ -99,8 +100,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'allauth.socialaccount.providers.google',
 )
 
-
-MIDDLEWARE = (
+_MIDDLEWARE = (
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ MIDDLEWARE = (
     'postorius.middleware.PostoriusMiddleware',
 )
 
+# Use old-style Middleware class in Python 2 and released versions of
+# Django-mailman3 don't support new style middlewares.
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = _MIDDLEWARE
+else:
+    MIDDLEWARE = _MIDDLEWARE
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'